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are rary \ (Shalini a a RR Soin Oe eco maee pene Liar NEW YORK TAYIGABS 7 dress, of giving false address j9 ilabie, ‘n | addition to fare, to # pentity of $10 or fourteen days. The whole or part of the fine may be given as compensation to tha driver, “Police magistrates may tear and ae.| termine disputes, offenres, etc. Outside | of @ police court district cases are to Pee, a THE EVENING WO aR A TTR ZI TEE LEE NEIL ALE TO NO NT RTE Is tlonéd will ve accepted by the Bureau of Ingpection AMERICAN TAXIMETER COM- PANY, H. Ducagse, President. Tn the meantime meters are on the cars, and the wise passengers will watch the kind of meter on the eab ho is using, , RLD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER. 11, ! Richmond or even Manbattan. To en quiring a tax! carrying vehicl to follow th ropenn cities. fa some parts of t at ordinance re+ on ail passenger- t for hire would be he sot by many Bue “MOVIES” TO AID DRAMA. pe Charles Frohman contempiates usin® motion pictures to show scenes of plays | usually left to the imagination of aud!- ‘This fa also to have the taxitneters! ences between acts. He has commissioned properly sealed. In London there are) pau) Potter to write a play to fe treat : be heard by two justices, \as many an five seals on one taximeter | oq tn this manner, ‘The play witl be in “Por wit breseh of traMe reguia-{@NOUGHT TO ATTENTION OF) OO Ty ie er ioe be tampered with, Soce dele “atk ECA: bobaies BLOT j | tlons -of Commigsioner of Pollco the ALOBAMEN. even th | att! ot the scenes being shown by colored | penalty Is $10, Ex-Commismioner Fosdick, as also estimating | T f the f t * i | “Driver or conductor goxtecting or | present Commissioner Rice, brought the ordinance proiibite the | ™oving pigtures. Two of the four acts AS THEY ARE IN LONDON fon Janding oF places appointed for _ that purpose, Penalty, 96. Here 18| “the ariver of a métor cab must not allow any other person (not even the Meter Now in Use | refusing to aceount to hie employer for moneys received in respect of pas-| sengers or luggage, Penalty $28. “Driver or conductor causing obstric. tion In any public street, road, or place by ldtering or wilful misbehavior, Penalty $12.56, “Wilfully decetving any person in te- spect to the route of distination of the carriage. Penaity ®. “Demanding more than the legal fare for any person. Penalty 6." this meter to the notice of the Alder- men, anying: “Attention is called to fraud which is being pe daily on the travelling public ‘of this city by means of a certain ma- chine which, for obvious reasons, is rpa-|and incorrect to the prejudice of any becoming more and more popular with certain. taxicab concerns. Like most taximeters, it is constructed with a double dial, the upper dial recording the amount of the fare for distance trav. elied, the lower one, operated by Will be laid In Indla,.and religious pro- cessionals, royal pageants and glimpses of jungle life will be included in views shown. ‘Mr. Potter's play owes insptration to Kipling’é Mulvaney etori and'fte title 1s “On the Road to Manda- WHEN THE SKIN use of a vehicle the taximeter of which is more than five per cent. defective passenger. This proviaion haw little merit. The courts have held that the more fact of its being more than’ five per cent. defective and inoorrect does not, of itself, warrant action, but tint | it must be shown affirmatively that fome one individual haa been preju- diced thereby. _ Bo Altman & Co: will place on sale, commencing Wednesday, November {3th, . An Additional Lot of 1 Condemned as Chargin fai b he driving bo: recording ‘emtran’—that 18, fF] co commen’ withaae sroteitten uies SELECTED ORIENTAL RUGS 7 9 ire) to be with him on the driving box, oy) id to operate without molestation unless . Ls ging Peeitts 9. GETTING AFTER A CERTAIN perambulatora or other bulky] some individual is willing to push the i H “Standing or plying for bire with « hackney carriage, or suffering tt to stand acrors any street or common pars- age or alley, of alongside of any other hackney, carriage, or two in @ breadth, or withth eight feet of the curbetone or alley, Penalty ®. “Refusing to give way, if he convent- ently can, to any private coach or other i _ Twice for “Extras.” THEIR WORK EXPLAINED. Ordered Discontinued After KIND OF METER. ing meter is responsible ling spirits, But when needy exorbitant rates in’ in spite of the meters are #o constructed that frauds are not easily eted the situation has been disheartening to say the least, But.now some measures are boing taken in view of the prospective stringent laws concerfing taximeters, articles which cannot be conveniently carried inside the taxicab. “This taximeter, however, Is #0 con- structed that ‘extras’ record in both dials. The upper dial thus records the total amount of the charge, but the pasenger, who {s entirely unaware of this material fact. pays the sum of the two charges represented by the two dials, He thus-pays the ‘extras’ twice. In order to terminate this prac- matter in the courts, @ course ‘whicli few persons care to pursue, the amount of money Involved being so small. In London it's just the other ‘way about. The five per cent. defect allowed on @ meter is in favor of the pasnesger, which it to be the same regulation here, since the rates are so high that this five per cent. makes some differs ence. BREAKS OUT USE POSLAM Nov. 20, but Meantime Look Out for Them. | By Sophie Irene Loeb. | The public ima suffered #0 long as} to fraudulent taximeters without go-/ Ing to the trouble of making complaints that the atringent rules under consid- eration by the Aldermante Committee will be welcomed, ‘Thief Wallace has ixnued the ¢ollow- Ing letter to the American Taximeter Company as to t carriage. Venalty $3. “Wrongfuily, in a forcivlo or clandes- fine manner, taking away the fare ftom any other driver, who In the judgment of any justice before whom any complaint for such offense is heard, a # to be fairly entitled to it, Penalty %. tice we would suggest that no driver or owner of a lcensed vehicle be per- mitted to operate with a taximeter whereon the ‘extras’ record in the dis- tance fare dial. A violation of this provision should subject the offending | party to a heavy fine.” ‘Tho tnvestigating committee further Pere NE BRILL FIRM CELEBRATES. Brothers Mark Twenty- vernary of Estab Brill Brothers, clothters, will cele- If suffering from any skin affection it is important for you to know that on ‘our druggist’s shelf, in the form of a x of Poslam, lies the concentrated \ healing power which will ease all physi- cal distress and efféct a complete’ and permanent cure. purchased in the interior of Persia, Turkey, the Caucasus and Asia Minor by their own buyers. These rugs will be offered at extraordinary reductions in_prices. Fifth Avenue, 34th und 45th Streets, New York.” "Sones* brate to-morrow thelr twenty-fifth annt- of relief fa driver leaves his carriage unat- Jones” type Of; eacommende that ‘all pasenger carrying With this ready means r 80 Taxicabs and taxicab drivers should) tended in strect or road, or at any | **uneter: - vehicles kept for hire,with an inalde eoat-| Versary a9 @ firm. aoe oh ee wating. easily available there is really no reason Se under such rules and regulations a8) siace of public retort or entertainment, jentle: Tacn informed that you | ing capacity not xcesding seven persons,| Who started with’ a capital of $90 in a! why eczema, acne, tetter, barbers’ itch, Sa = ‘are enforced in other cities, In London and Paris the drivers are In unifotms and under the direct supers ‘vision’ inepectors and police, Which is} watchman, or patrol may drive away ne case in New York City. While the majority of drivers here are honest the discipline and rastrictions should be! of » guch that no man could enter the ser- | vice who head not proven himself to be’ THI8 WOULD BE WELCOME IN are using a meter in which the charges for “extras” @ppear in two dials on the face of the meter and is Automatically added tnto the dial on which the fare appears. 1 have instructed Mr. John Drennon, Chiof Inspector of Taxicabs, to con- Geman all such meters, beginning No- whether such carriage be hired or not, ho 4g Hable to a penalty of %, and any officer of police or other peace officer, uch carriage and deposit it at some boring livery stable or ether place custody. should be required, before @ license is \s- sued, to be equipped with a taximeter. This would apply to cabs and hacks as well as taxicabs. In no other way will it be possible to protect the travelling pub- lic from-overcharge. Rates of fare basod upon a distance of travel which is guessed at must inevitably lead to failure and New York. little store on Cortlandt street, Nov. 12, 1887, now operate five large stores and! Silowed to go unchecked are among the foremost clothters N/ discomforte unnecessarily endured. First application stops the itching, the skin heals and is resto: co POSLAM SOAPis antiseptic and ger- s ant ic hs soothing health, Samuol Brill end hia brothers, Maurice and Max D., got their start from tlie failure of Samuel's employer in the Cortlandt streefetore. They piled empty pimples rapid); and like affections should be id their to normal 12, and no taxicab will be | confusion. in the windows and on the ehelves| Micidal; the safest and most oy arlene? Hi see papieas ep tatesicann i eat amiek ole MuanS! [ORDINANCES IMPOSSIBLE OF |to make the piace Wok promoroun and] survery soap, It Improves the. heal an ‘ks of th itt “If @ driver by intoxication or wanton well stocked. By each 1 econ~ . having In charge the framing of « how, and furious driving, or by any other wil- en auch opportunity ENFORCEMENT. tale caw Yeante tid ions, renders the hands soft and erdtiiance, in speaking of this particular Peint, sald. “We copit make all the ules and regulations if the world, but|!f Mf they were not enforced they would be Useless. The fact remain that the fow laws. we now have are plainly of little vale lack of enforcement. Mfecmingly” the. present equipment fraudulent practice, t spoctfully, used. Re JAMES G. WALLACE, ful misconduct, injure and endanger any person in his iife, limbs or property, or he make use of any abusive or inault- ing language or be gullty of other rude behavior to or toward any person what- ever, or asxault, or obstruct any oMfe of stamp duties, or any officer of police, constable, or other peace officer, watch- man or patrol in the execution of his Chief of Bureau. The American Taximeter Compa answer to their drivers was as follows Dear Sir: We are in receipt of communication from the Mayors Office, Bureau of TAcenses, and we understand that a similar commun!- cation was sent to you. ‘The sub- Present ordinances provide that twen- ty blocks north and south shall consti- tute a mile and seven blocks between the numbered and lettered avenues shajl also be deemed a mile. This provision is utterly without point, inasmuch as It cannot be applied in Broooklyn, Queens, ent Bisiness. omles as saving the paper and twine | complex which came on goode from wholesale | velvety. houses for wrapping the bundles of ous- tomers and by making a point of get-| cents) an ting acquainted with every customer, they built the foundation of their pres- ante 82 West 25th Street, New . ity. York Ci All ‘druggists ‘sell Poslam. (price, 50 di Poslam Soap (price, 25cents). For free samples, write to the Emergency B. Altman & Cn. announce for to-morrow (Tuesday) | An Unusually Important Sale of Obeceeancccreconecononenooeneseses coceeeoececoooees eeceeeeeeeeecocoeecceseees ’ . Be hc) sabetimast to tnscocuace, S[OUZ, Penalty OR | cgatlon wae gene 0 yo The ae peeerenancoreetest en Women's Tailor-made Suits would.be in favor of first of all making | meter tx to be by distance, unless the | Jones type of taximeter will be con- service of inspectors Other supervision that any ordi- ‘BANce recommended by this committee and put into action should right from the etart. Thi strlotly enforced would s0 protec: Before them the ordinance recom- mended by Mr. Fosdick and Mr, Rice, @nd-many of the rules recommended ate like those operative in other cities. * | hired (unt demned, ‘by reason of the extras ap- pearing in two different placos on the dial of tha instrument. We ansute you that on the date mentioned the meters attached to your cabs will be such as will com- ply in all réepects to the law. We will not go Into the merita of the cane at this time, but want eimply to guarantee you that the Jones _ meters whith will be on your cars ‘on or before the date above men- hirer state at the commencement. of the hiring that It is to be by time; in the former case the driver {s nat com- pelled to drive more than six miles, or in the latter case for more than one hour; if the driver refuses to be so 0 have & reasonable ex- cure to be allowed by the Justice), he Is subject to a penalty not exceeding %. “The criver of a cad fitted with @ taximeter recording by a combination of time and distance, must as soon an he {# hired and no sooner, start the mechanism, and upon termination of To make good hats the hiring shall forthwith mop it. Pen- alty $10, “The driver of a cab Atted with a distance Aecnold, Constable B Tuesday and Wednesday A Most Important Sale of Mail Orders Promptly Filled Free Delivery to all points within 100 miles Fine Winter Bedding In Londvn the penalties impored on} vanimeter cour ire uires skill. To , is is ay if Bese victatians dre een, sn: |. Saeb Ot Se eas eetunatenn et tore, hc stylish hats re- Our Regular High Grade Standard Qualities Only—Made to Our that nt present violations of ony are rate indeed to the proportion @f the n-mber of cabs there. Similar are being now considered by the of Aldermen in the protection of Taee.f ahh OPES when..ne Ia. 08 @fenses against the people, and Sal e@onder: » “Flying for hire elaewhere than at “He must not demand or take more than the proper fare, and must carry a prong eesti, of juseege x4 any person hiring or intending to hire ‘the carriage. Penalty #10. @ . ‘Agreement wires taste. To get th features: under “ to fate, of fraudulently endeavoring to avoid payment, or having failed or re- fused to pay, refuses to give his ad- Special Order of Carefully Selected and the Most Sanitary ' SINGLE BED SIZE b SINGLE BED SIZE Regularly $6.50 pair Regularly $8.00 pair 5.00 Materials at Unusually Impressive Prices Reeularls 4950, $11.30 pair 6.85, 8.50 Regubarly $9.50, $11.50 pair 1, Oe 5 95 PILLOW CASES~ Hemstitched. ‘ 1 ‘J Regularly $2.50 pair 80 ; PENALTIE® PAID. BY LONDON| le! fare Ah yg one label, buy White Wool Blankets Linen Sheets and Pillow Cases MAHOGANY. ART FURNITURE : ices ericdeh eastee pica ae shse'| >t 69 Se 200 Pairs—Very Superior Grade. Of heavy round thread Irish Linen consisting of tea wagons, tea tables, telephone, : sd “any person hiring cab having re ’ |— Single bed. Stoner nents pro tnd tary |'2 tae ane, Py te ty Atal E stows agp size Rew 4500 par 3,95 leans geen semi-sie0 pur 5.50, 7.008) sewing and card tables, nested tables, serving at $25.00, 28.00 & 32.00 Regular prices $40.00 to $60.00 B. Altman & Cu. are . showing representative assortment of | trays, music cabinets, etc. Derbies and Soft Hats, $3 & $4 Seta ty ee ee, i aia DOUBLE BED SIZE- Regularly $9.50 pair 7,35] PILLOW CASES—Hand embroidered : ’ DOUBLE BED SIZE Regularly $11.00 pair 8,00| papncet SHRETS—Pine quali teed 2.85 : i Bo I I \ C , ; Sere gages and scale Peviarly 915.00 each 12.00 N W IT ELLER & 0. Fine Western Blankets Double, Bed / Regularly $18.00 each 15.00 : : ‘ : Unusually High Grade Qualities. Pillow cases to match Regularly $8.00 pair 6.00 j ’ |$ THE “SANTA BARBARA” Regular price $24.00 _.» Season’s Most Extraordinary Sale SS gan pia tiiie or the Ten Thousand gains 00 W Ss Tail d t DOUBLE BED SIZE Value 911.50 par 9.00 cae Shoot ahd De te Cases MAHOGANY SEWING TABLES, with inlay dec+ ( , nder fre; ar ices 3 : , 3 omen’s Tailored Coats EXTRA LARGE SIZE Valu: $13.00 pair 10.00 gu oration, regular price$25.00 . . at $18.50 2 . THE “DEL MONTE” Our cee “WARRENTO"” quality—plain hemmed 19.50 ' a ‘ f RT INGLE BED SIZE Value 912.50 pair 9,50} 93299. 72299 81x09 _poxgp_ TEA WAGONS of plain mahogany . . at 19. . : + 25.00 DOUBLE BED SIZE Value $14.50 pair 12,00} S3c each SBe cach GS5ceach 72 cach Regular price $27.00 é fmxtmatanor size Volue $77: poi 13,75] “payee asx goxsts sexs 8] MUPFINSTANDS . 0... at 5.75 i - Former Prices Up to $45.00 S THE “REGIS” 15c each 16¢ cach 18¢ cach 206 cach Regular prices $8.00 to $9.50 Twelve Smart Styles of Coats to Select From Value $15.00 pair 11,75 Value $17.50 pair 13,50 Value $22.00 pair 16.50 SINGLE BED SIZE DOUBLE BED SIZE EXTRA LARGE SIZE Our High Grade “CLYDESDALE” quality—Plain hem SHEETS— PILLOW CASES— 63x99—65¢ each 42%38}4—17¢ each | Velour de Laine Coats Mourning Coats / Imported Tweed Coats Cotaway, 14 length model, vel. Black velour de laine, or black Adjustable collar, 74 length | $ FINE AUSTRIAN & CAMEL’S HAIR—Fancy fig- tame The each = 45298)5— 18¢ each BLANKETS, BEDSPREADS, COMFORT- set calor and oi ‘ned serge, trimmed with Tale ik, mods, skied throughout retinue Vanetg 1300 419 000n $24 D0each ned sper en ABLES, SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES 10.50, 15.50, 19.50 3 Tomorrow (Tuesday), Specia! Sales will be held, as follows: MAHOGANY SEWING TABLES, plain, at $17.50 q « 902108—-Q5¢ each 54238}4~—-23¢ each . i 7 1a . Chinchilla Coats Striped Boucle Cloths ““Salt2"" Plush Coats brine FI cane ee xy deiiener sound “QUEEN'S HOUSEHOLD’'—Our own special importa- at the following interesting prices: ; i Cutaway, 74 model silk, Black and white diagonal stripe, 1.1704 on lines of @ fur coat ail cround with silk ribbon oe aap ph ean Domutly embroidered and hand benseltched WhiteBlankets . . . perpair $3.75 — ca lined and with velvet. black velvet trimming, white ‘esned on ll 4 Values $26.30, 429.00 each 20.00 ani 5.50 and 6775 pair 1,85 and 2,00 reir Comfortables . . ° each 1,25 a 25.00 cloth buttonholes..... ...25,00 heavily satin lined...,.,..25,00 SINGLE BED—Size yaxg0— Value $18.00 cach 14.50 Fei th eatah Pinte Hania eocncs f DOUBLE BED—Size 8ox90—~ Value $21.00 cach 16,50 | hand hemstiched—single and double Pri Bedspreads. . cee each 1,20 * VERY SPECIAL SALE U. 8, ARMY. BLANKETS” Made expressly fot {TER ICEOMRR pair 15,00 ona 17.50 Muslin Sheets, plain . each 65c. to 1.05 , : fected tll ort “mived juan” Kha PERE MARIA ANTOSBTIR" pete 9.50400 10.50 Muslin Sheets, hemstitched, each 1.05 & 1.20 Women’s Fur Hats of French Seal & French Mole) |§ sicive tuce 4.35 Lace Bed Sets Muslin Pillow Ceses, plain, each 18c. to 26c, U e bs ey prevent tel yaar pA SINGLE BED AND FULL SIZE—Choice patterns; latest Muslin Pillow Cases, hemstitched, . @ 10.00 designs— full size. Regularly $6.00 each 4.85 inal pose arabic Wee 1 15 uN 50 each 25c, 28c. & 32c * s— MB'S WOOL— $11,915. . A | -. F Smart tailored models. in the new close fitting and mercury turbans and hood shapes, suitable for street common Le IESE eins roll size. 5.35 Regularly $9, $11,415.50 se! id . > ‘wear and motoring. MAIN FLOOR. Regularly $6.75 cach Deo Superior Gra ‘an Mattresses ‘ ot an ions - : rn Dimity. » tts, New Women’s Trimmed Hats ME TUaN Ase ewe TAG, 1,75, 2.35 |SOUTH AMERICA HAI 9 21.80 PHiOh Avenue, 24th es Yor BED SPREADS—Scallo; with cut corners, Regularly ni 40 $5.50 each 3.25, PREADS-- Satin Finished —Plain ee ce 8400 10 $5.30 cach 300, BED SPREADS -Baslies Spreads— Ou al tation. Reguaris ¥o30, $8.00. 39.00 each 9-00, 6.00, BED SPREADS—Dimity and Ariel Rees Feo, 95.50 each 2n 19, de20p single bed Regularly $20.00 15,00 4.00 RA QUALITY BLACK DRAWINGS— 3.50 isola full size Regularly $37.50 28.00 tingle bed Regularly $27.50 21.00 SUPER—QUALITY FELT— 7.00! bic Regularly $12.00 9,25 15.00 25.00 Formerly 20.00 to 50.00 Exclusive imported hats from the leading Paris modistes, t Teller workrooms. Midtls suitabl: for all occasions, in soft estrich plumes and other forms cf trimmings. 35.00 r with reproduction from the Bonwit raped effects’ in velvet and plushes, with THIRD FLOOR. Sunday World’s Want Directory makes more “Offers of Positions” than any other two mediums in the universe, ‘ull size single bed Regularly $9.50 7,45 FEATHER PILLOWS —best grades Regularly $1.75, $275°93.251+39, 2000, 3,00